Australian rugby league player Anthony Watts has denied biting an opponent’s penis during a tackle in a local league game earlier this month.
The 27-year-old was handed an eight-match ban following a video review of the incident in a Gold Coast match two weeks ago.
Footage posted on YouTube showed the Tugun Seahawks utility pulled down in a tackle near the try-line and subsequently becoming involved in a melee with remonstrating players from the Bilambil Jets team.
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‘I was wearing a mouthguard and there’s no way I bit him on the dick,’ Watts told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.
‘The claim is laughable but I’ve still had to live with it. I know I didn’t do it and the people close to me know I didn’t do it, either.
I was wearing a mouthguard and there’s no way I bit him on the dick.
‘It’s something I’m probably going to be known for, even though they’ve got no evidence to back any of it up.’
Watts was slapped with a ban after being found guilty of ‘contrary conduct’ by the Gold Coast Rugby League last week.
Dumped by NRL team Sydney Roosters in 2011 for disciplinary problems, Watts was sentenced to community service in June for being involved in a brawl between rival motorcycle gangs on the Gold Coast.
Watts said he had been victimised as a former NRL player and the ban was an attempt to drive him out of the game.
‘There’s been numerous times in other games that players have made false claims against me,’ he added.
‘I find that I get targeted all the time. If something happens to me, there’s no penalty. If I do the same thing, there’s a penalty.’
Last month, England international Sam Burgess was banned for two weeks for a ‘squirrel tackle’ in which he grabbed the testicles of opponent Will Chambers during an NRL match.
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Australian rugby league player Anthony Watts denies biting opponent"s penis
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